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W k 4 UX MN LE r I A It U M 31 I liE- liE BILL AGAIN AG ICES CES CI 1 t lE By ny NEA XEA N EA Service Writer WASHINGTON Dee Dec The lO-The 10 faim fai ni relief bill hailed by its sponsors as American agricultures panacea will be intro intro- introduced introduced d again as-aln In Into lo both houses of Congress in the short session But only the most optimistic friends of ot the farmer predict that It will III get anywhere Two factors might come como to Its aid ald President Coolidge might i demonstrate a change of heart in Its favor or which hardly like likely I I and the serious cotton situation In Ini Inthe Inthe Inthe i the south may lead some somo southern I senators to swing wing Into line behind It But unless lIDless a It definite change tn In sentiment Is III 1 discovered the bill mn may not even get on the floor loor ot of o time and the jam jam of appropriatIon bills and other legis legislation lation might t cause causo leaders o of the farm bloc to decide that It would be futile to trot the measure out for Cor debate unless they could be assured ot of o a change ch In the tho of oC la last t year ear when t was defeated Opinion varies a as to the IIi prospects among leading senators While hilI one doubts whether it will come orne out 0 of ot com com- comI committee I another Insists that it will vIll hI 11 pushed p In tn this brief session to the bitter hitter end I Other pet Id measures measures for have given way vay before it however lr i and the Mc McNary ary ell bill hill za- za ie mains the tho lie only drastic piece of such Buch legislation h h receives serious consideration Senator Charles L L of oC Oregon who is about to succeed Senator Norris of ot Nebraska as m the Ule chairman challman of oC the Senates Senate's Agricultural 1 tural lural is tho the bills bill's au- au author author au author thor i It 11 attempts to seg segregate the ll surplus ot of basic agricultural com coin com McNary eSary explained It tt withhold tho the surplus front CroOl sale anle or sell It In foreign countries at the he b available prices g chai-g- log the 10 less lomi to all producers o of or that product t i S SS S S S 'S By ny removal of tho the surplus the supply would adjust itself to the demand and the C farmer would get tIle the full Cull benefit of ot the tariff ThiS would increase the Iho domestic price to tho the full fuli ull extent of the tariff rate whIch on wheat Is 42 cents a bush bush- bushel el Cl Instead of two t boards as I previously proposed I now pro Iro- propose board pose one board of ot twelve members to be appointed b by tho president from the tho twelve federal land bank The to be appropriated would not only be used b by tho the board to segregate the surplus but would be ba loaned to operative toco-operative co organizations on ade- ade ade ade security S The fhe governments government's would I bu be from loss 1098 hy by means a of an equalization fee eo to be 3 collected rOl tha the farmer when lie he sells hIs Ills product and forwarded to the treasury Taking wheat as lS an example lc we produce bushels of oC wheat a year ear of ot which which h Is for tor domestic consumption The remaining bushels ii 19 1 C for tor export When hen we dont don't segregate It n the Ito surplus makes the price for or the Whole crop The farmer gets the price and does not benefit by by tho Ito tariff If It the farmer gains the tarIff rate 42 42 cents on cents on each bushel of oC wheat the Iho equalization feo fee ho lie will pay to make up the loss Incurred b by sate sale of ot tho the surplus below do- do domestic do domestic prices will wilt amount to about sIx iX cents Thus the tho farmers farmer's gal gain gainon Ott on wheat will be 36 cents a bush bush- bushel bushel bushel el Probably with certain modi modi- modifications modifications X I wilt will Introduce this bill early this session Wo We 0 have havo the west the middle west est and the southwest with us now and we e need some Borne southern votes which many people think we will get